Koalas in trouble, land clearing at speed – nature in New South Wales is not well. Now the government is proposing significant changes to its ineffective biodiversity laws.

More than two dozen of Australia’s eminent ecology, conservation and biodiversity academics have called on the Australian Government to commit significant federal funding towards nature.

The NSW Minns Government have announced major reforms to the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016, following a scathing independent review in 2023.

We are calling on Australia’s governments to urgently and collaboratively ramp up preparations for bird flu in wildlife, as new research provides the first strong evidence of mammal-to-mammal transmission of the deadly H5N1 strain.

Jaragun EcoServices will be working in the Russell Mulgrave Basin to recover three culturally and ecologically important species that can improve carbon sequestration, sediment and nutrient filtration and other ecosystem services.

The Australian Government has allocated $28.5 million across 18 on-ground projects to restore and rehabilitate coastal habitats on the Great Barrier Reef. The projects represent a wise investment from the government, but funding should be scaled up.

Now more than ever, we need to make sure that Indigenous Australians have a meaningful seat at the table when it comes to looking after Country and that their voices are heard.

We urge the Australian Government to adopt a requirement of locked-in conservation for 99 years, where permanent is not possible, for areas counted to our international 30x30 conservation commitment.

Missed our budget washup webinar? You can catch up with the recording and access resources and other insights into the budget in this article.

New research has found that two in three Australians would support policies that require cat owners to keep their cat contained to their property.